The National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) is a United States Government organisation which advises and coordinates federal departments and agencies on matters concerning the

Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...

, space navigation, navigational references, and related systems. It was established by Presidential Directive in 2004 and supersedes the

Interagency GPS Executive Board The Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB) was an agency of the United States federal government that sought to integrate the needs and desires of various governmental agencies into formal Global Positioning System Planning. GPS was administered by ...

. The PNT is chaired jointly by the Deputy Secretaries of

Defense Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industr ...

and

Transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

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